Does that imply (infer?) option 5: I think not, but not tested.
Which leads me to ask the question I really came here to ask the smart doctors everyone: what’s cost of doing tests for the antibodies, especially if it’s just added onto an other blood draw?
And can such tests differentiate between natural, from-the-virus-infection antibodies vs. antibodies from vaccines. And between vaccines.
At the risk of overstaying my welcome, shouldn’t we be doing all sorts of waste water monitoring as a basic health thingy? As in, you’re not considered a modern country (1st world?) if you don’t actively monitor your citizen’s poo? Seems like such a simple, sensitive, scalable, anonymous, and cost-effective tool. But my freedumbs?
As far as I know, I haven’t had COVID-19 yet. I’m fully vaccinated with one booster shot, and have had a couple of bouts of something where I was certain that this was it. Yet the tests came back negative each time, including the time this spring when I got the metallic taste in mouth thing.
I think the attitude we all are trying to foster here is that if you do get it, there’s no need to feel it was your fault. The trick is to keep cautious without, as you wisely note, becoming defeatist. And I also agree, it’s complicated by how so many cases are asymptomatic, how allergies can make you think you have it, and so on.
So all I can say is that I most likely have avoided it so far, the only time I showed any symptoms were when I got my second and third shots.
I doubt it. Do they do that in other places? Usually they just check your vaccination or testing status. On my last two international travels (within Europe) I wasn’t asked to produce any documentation at all other than my boarding pass (neither vax certificate nor passport/ID card)
Thanks, she was on top of it planning a watch party already. Not with me of course.
A couple people in the group told her if she doesn’t have symptoms she should still go. She said nope. She’s sticking to waiting a a few days after her husband tests negative to be sure she’s not lagging in get infected.
He still has symptoms but he’s doing well so that’s a good thing. He says it’s not fun but compared to the alternative not bad.
